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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s regular season volleyball honors for the 2018 season, which were voted on by the conference’s 12 head coaches.
No. 21 UCF, The American’s 2018 champion, brought home two major conference awards with head coach Todd Dagenais earning his second American Coach of the Year nod, and freshman outside hitter McKenna Melville picking up the Knights’ first Freshman of the Year honor. Cincinnati also received a pair of major awards with redshirt junior outside and right side hitter Jordan Thompson collecting her second-career unanimous Player of the Year accolade and senior setter Jade Tingelhoff earning her second-career Setter of the Year honor.